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H8 Tony Abbott... second biggest fuckhead to peter costello.
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Politics + Public Forum.

Hmmmmmmm....

:roll:
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Politics is for fags
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witty_pseudonym wrote:i'm emmigrating.
about time!

:teef:
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Hardy wrote:Politics is for fags

Is that why you like it?
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tony abbot is the best thing to happen to the labour party since the last election
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Amick wrote:Politics + Public Forum.

Hmmmmmmm....

:roll:
probably should go back to talking about how the scene isn't what it used to be and the bpm intricacies of various genres, huh.

:roll:


:teef:
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same o wrote:tony abbot is the best thing to happen to the labour party since the last election

too right. Rudd be rubbing his hands together in glee.
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same o wrote:tony abbot is the best thing to happen to the labour party since the last election
whoops spelling fail labor
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deviant wrote:H8 Tony Abbott... second biggest fuckhead to peter costello.
i'd say first.
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witty_pseudonym wrote:
Amick wrote:Politics + Public Forum.

Hmmmmmmm....

:roll:
probably should go back to talking about how the scene isn't what it used to be and the bpm intricacies of various genres, huh.

:roll:


:teef:
:lol:

probably...
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If my calculations are correct, that's $71 per gram of coke. Since fucking when??

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1830363
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accounting for it being cut with other rubbish might make sense though
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mixtress wrote:If my calculations are correct, that's $71 per gram of coke. Since fucking when??

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1830363
since that article was about an incident that occurred overseas... coke is not as expensive everywhere else as it is here.
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same o wrote:tony abbot is the best thing to happen to the labour party since the last election
:lol:
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Aussies keeping up the good rep we have in NZ.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaki ... 5807789965
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so i would actually maybe vote for Malcolm turnbull

http://malcolmturnbull.com.au/MalcolmsB ... hange.aspx

he was the ex minister for the environment and did try and get a lot of things through the cabinet that just did not get through due to Howard fail.
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awesome...

hopefully the rest of the world will follow suit
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Feigan wrote:http://www.news.com.au/world/norway-wor ... 5808892785

The truth is out there.....
That was cool :shock:
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lol @ Deviant - also applies for hookers & muggers.

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http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat ... 70397.html

Holy shit. Buju Banton could face up to 20 years jail for conspiring to acquire 10kg of cocaine.
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Sorry to dig up this old corpse of a news story but seriously this guy is fucked in the head.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation ... 5811885777

I think he should be strapped into a rocket and blasted into the sun.

/rant
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Amick wrote:Sorry to dig up this old corpse of a news story but seriously this guy is fucked in the head.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation ... 5811885777

I think he should be strapped into a rocket and blasted into the sun.

/rant
You sure this guy isn't an American in disguise?
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saggynipple wrote:
Amick wrote:Sorry to dig up this old corpse of a news story but seriously this guy is fucked in the head.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation ... 5811885777

I think he should be strapped into a rocket and blasted into the sun.

/rant
You sure this guy isn't an American in disguise?
He's digging a big fat hole for himself.
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LEAVE STEVE QUICK ALONE YOU TALENTLESS HEADCASE!!!!

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:shock:
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Check out the Couger ad on the front of the age website today.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

It is something for NZ, very LOL.
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Amick wrote:What a douche...
+1 to that. The only funny thing about that story is the atrocious comments by illiterate pusbags underneath it.
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tbh i think a lot of people who comment on news stories online are bored at work and like to stir shit...
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Eddie Van Halen Posted at 2:38 PM Today
It's exactly the same type of situation that inspired Diamond David Lee Roth to write the song back in late '83!
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Amick wrote:tbh i think a lot of people who comment on news stories online are bored at work and like to stir shit...
i am bored and I just commented on an article.

two points to Amick.
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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/j ... 5822505278

and this - EGAD

I think she is jealous that her husband had more hair.
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Slow news day in Syd eh?
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Prince William is touring one of his principalities ie: OZ. He's very posh and quite bald for a 27 year old.
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Amick wrote:Slow news day in Syd eh?
yep.....
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youthful_implants wrote:Prince William is touring one of his principalities ie: OZ. He's very posh and quite bald for a 27 year old.
I wouldn't care if I looked like Darth Sidious if I was royalty.
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Amick wrote:
youthful_implants wrote:Prince William is touring one of his principalities ie: OZ. He's very posh and quite bald for a 27 year old.
I wouldn't care if I looked like Darth Sidious if I was royalty.
Might be harder to make people like you though...
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Star Wars fans would LOVE me!

Geek massive represent! <3
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Amick wrote:Star Wars fans would LOVE me!

Geek massive represent! <3
yeah I spose.

I think Padme would do better though tbf :smt007

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